Intercontinental Exchange Launches Ecosystem for ETF Primary Trading Market
Intercontinental Exchange has launched an ecosystem, a new platform that is designed to enable the next phase of growth in the ETF market.
Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
October 2019
TP ICAP Signs Multi-Year Partnership With Refinitiv
TP ICAP has partnered with Refinitiv for its comprehensive, enriched and integrated global data across multiple asset classes.
Torstone Opens Office in Canada After Partnering With Credit Suisse
Torstone Technology has opened a new office in Toronto to better support its growing base of North American bank and broker clients.
Refinitiv Adds Digital Tools for Wealth Management Firms
Refinitiv has added HTML-5 responsive widgets for wealth portals designed to support the experiences of wealth management firms on Refinitiv’s portal.
Nikko AM to Adopt SGX’s Index Edge for ETF Listing
SGX Index Edge is being licensed to Nikko AM, one of Asia’s largest asset managers, who will adopt the index for exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing.
Eurex Clears First Cross Currency Swap Transactions
Eurex cleared the first cross-currency swap transactions, which were submitted by J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley as the first OTC FX clearing participants.
ANNA to Extend Standards to Digital Asset Trading
ANNA looks to extend its standards to digital asset trading as issuers of digital tokens are believed urgently need ISO identifiers and related standards.
B21 Granted “In Principle” DLT License from Gibraltar Regulator
B21 has been granted an in-principle Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commissioner (GFSC).
UK Digital Asset Exchange Archax to Deploy R3’s Corda Enterprise for Post-Trade
Archax has partnered with R3 in order to use the enterprise blockchain software firm's Corda Enterprise platform to handle post-trade activities.
Gemini Partners With Ethernet Network BSO to Deliver Crypto Exchange Connectivity
The leading cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini has partnered with BSO to offer the firm's Crypto Connect network.
QuantHouse Launches Historical Data on-Demand to Speed Up Trading Strategies
QuantHouse has launched Historical Data on-Demand designed to dramatically speed up the research, development and backtesting phase of any trading strategy.
eToro Launches Sentiment-Based Algo-Driven Investment Strategy for Crypto
eToro launches sentiment-based algo-driven investment strategy for crypto.
Natixis and EDHECinfra to Study ESG Impact on Infrastructure Investments
The project will use machine learning to create new datasets on ESG risks and their impacts on infrastructure investments.
SEC Files Emergency Action Against Telegram’s $1.7b Token Sale
Telegram Group and its wholly-owned subsidiary TON Issuer Inc. are being accused by the SEC of conducting an unregistered, ongoing digital token offerings.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.